diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/exceptions/hooks/use_endpoint_exceptions_capability/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/exceptions/hooks/use_endpoint_exceptions_capability/index.tsx
index a96b11225e659..4b107a5c681c1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/exceptions/hooks/use_endpoint_exceptions_capability/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/exceptions/hooks/use_endpoint_exceptions_capability/index.tsx
@@ -5,19 +5,10 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { useMemo } from 'react';
-import { useListsConfig } from '../../../detections/containers/detection_engine/lists/use_lists_config';
 import { useHasSecurityCapability } from '../../../helper_hooks';
 
 export const useEndpointExceptionsCapability = (
   capability: 'showEndpointExceptions' | 'crudEndpointExceptions'
-) => {
-  const { loading: listsConfigLoading, needsConfiguration: needsListsConfiguration } =
-    useListsConfig();
-  const hasEndpointExceptionCapability = useHasSecurityCapability(capability);
-
-  return useMemo(
-    () => !listsConfigLoading && !needsListsConfiguration && hasEndpointExceptionCapability,
-    [hasEndpointExceptionCapability, listsConfigLoading, needsListsConfiguration]
-  );
+): boolean => {
+  return useHasSecurityCapability(capability);
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/e2e/investigations/alerts/alerts_table_api_calls.cy.ts b/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/e2e/investigations/alerts/alerts_table_api_calls.cy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3ef2c0dd21b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/e2e/investigations/alerts/alerts_table_api_calls.cy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { getNewRule } from '../../../objects/rule';
+import { createRule } from '../../../tasks/api_calls/rules';
+import { waitForAlertsToPopulate } from '../../../tasks/create_new_rule';
+import { login } from '../../../tasks/login';
+import { visit } from '../../../tasks/navigation';
+import { ALERTS_URL } from '../../../urls/navigation';
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Alert table is third party component which cannot be easily tested by jest.
+ * This test main checks if Alert Table does not call api/lists/index more than once.
+ *
+ * */
+
+describe('Alert Table API calls', { tags: ['@ess', '@serverless'] }, () => {
+  let callCount: number = 0;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    callCount = 0;
+    login();
+    createRule(getNewRule());
+    // intercept all calls to `api/lists/index`
+    // and count how many times it was called
+    cy.intercept('GET', '/api/lists/index', (req) => {
+      req.on('response', (res) => {
+        if (res.statusCode === 200) {
+          callCount += 1;
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    visit(ALERTS_URL);
+    waitForAlertsToPopulate();
+  });
+
+  it('should call `api/lists/index` only once', () => {
+    cy.get('[data-test-subj="alertsTable"]').then(() => {
+      expect(callCount, 'number of times lists index api is called').to.equal(1);
+    });
+  });
+});